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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DESPAIR, by THOMAS STANLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: No, no, poor blasted hope!
Last Line: Thrown below hope, but rais'd 'bove fear.
Subject(s): Despair
First Line: No, no, poor blasted hope!
Last Line: Thrown below hope, but rais'd 'bove fear.
Subject(s): Despair
No, no, poor blasted Hope!
Since I (with thee) have lost the scope
Of all my joys, I will no more
Vainly implore
The unrelenting Destinies:
He that can equally sustain
The strong assaults of joy or pain,
May safely laugh at their decrees.
Despair, to thee I bow,
Whose constancy disdains t' allow
Those childish passions that destroy
Our fickle joy;
How cruel Fates so e'er appear,
Their harmless anger I despise,
And fix'd, can neither fall nor rise,
Thrown below hope, but rais'd 'bove fear.
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